REALLY CONGESTING THE STREET. THANK YOU, ERIC. TONIGHT WE'RE SEEING HOW A COUPLE OF MURDER SUSPECTS WHO FLED TO CENTRAL FLORIDA ALMOST GOT AWAY. BUT A SERIES OF IRONIC COINCIDENCES AND AN ALERT GROUP OF OFFICERS AND DASHBOARD CAMERAS CAPTURED THE COUPLE IN VOLUSIA COUNTY. ERIK von ANCKEN SHOWS US HOW IT ALL CAME TOGETHER IN DAYTONA BEACH SHORES. THIS GUY AND GIRL WERE ON THE RUN SINCE TUESDAY AND IT ENDED HERE ALONG A1A, AS SOON AS THEY PULLED INTO THE WALGREEN'S PARKING LOT, THEY KNEW IT WAS OVER. THE DAYTONA BEACH SHORS OFFICER IS HOT ON THE TRAIL OF THIS STOLEN SUV AFTER A CALL FROM DISPATCH AFTER A CALL TO 911 FROM A TIPSTER THAT THERE ARE TWO SUSPECTED MURDERERS INSIDE. THEY WERE WANTED FOR KILLING A MAN IN OHIO. THE OHIO COUPLE WANTED FOR MUR MURDER, THEY'RE SUPPOSEDLY IN A STOLEN 2006 WHITE TRAILBLAZER. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME SEEING THEM. THEY JUST PULLED OUT THE WINN-DIXIE. THE BEACH PATROL OFFICER DIRECTING TRAFFIC HELPING US THEY SAID THE CAR JUST WENT DOWN OCEANS WEST BOULEVARD. WE KNEW THEY WERE GOING TO BE TRAPPED BACK IN THERE. THE OFFICERS JUST HAPPENED TO BE DOING A ROADBLOCK OUT HERE AND THE SUSPECTS JUST HAPPENED TO GET CAUGHT UP IN IT WITH NOWHERE TO GO EXCEPT THIS WALGREEN'S PARKING LOT. WHAT YOU DON'T SEE ON THE VIDEO IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE SUV COMES TO A STOP IN THIS PARKING LOT. POLICE SAY THE GUY STARTS TO GET OUT OF THE CAR AND GET DOWN ON THE GROUND UNTIL HE LOOKS OVER AND REALIZES HIS GIRLFRIEND IS ALSO GETTING OUT AND IT'S TWO ON ONE, WHEN HE RUNS OFF. LOOK AT THE TOP LEFT OF THE SCREEN. FIRST THE GIRL RUNS UP THE SIDEWALK AND, WATCH, THE BYSTANDER IN THE SUV, A COUPLE OF PARKING SPACES OVER, HE GETS OUT AND TRIES TO GRAB HER. HE'S NOT QUICK ENOUGH, THOUGH. SO HE WAITS AND JUMPS JUST AS THE GUY RUNS BY AND BLOCKS HIM FOR A SECOND, LONG ENOUGH FOR THE POLICE OFFICERS TO CATCH UP. FROM ANOTHER DASHBOARD CAMERA, YOU CAN SEE OTHER OFFICERS CLOSING IN, THIS ONE EVEN DRIVING OVER THE GRASS TO TRY TO CUT OFF THE FLEEING COUPLE. THE BEACH PATROL TAKES THEM DOWN AND THE COUPLE ARE PICKED UP, HEADING FOR JAIL. IT'S A SMALL TOWN AND WE HAVE A GREAT POLICE DEPARTMENT AND, QUITE FRANKLY, IF YOU'RE WANTED FOR SOMETHING, WE'RE GOING TO CATCH YOU. THE CHIEF SAYS WHAT ALSO WORKED OUT WELL IS HOW THEY FOUND OUT THE COUPLE WAS HERE IN DAYTONA BEACH SHORES IN THE FIRST PLACE. HE SAYS A WOMAN JUST HAPPENED TO BE FROM OHIO AND JUST HAPPENED TO BE CHATTING WITH THIS GIRL,

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The coincidences started when a woman, who happened to be from Ohio and happened to be chatting with murder suspect Eve Kelley, spotted Kelley and Matthew Dowdel a second time Saturday in Daytona Beach Shores.

Police Chief Stephan Dembinsky said the woman's friend recognized the stolen white Chevy Trailblazer and Kelley and Dowdel as being wanted for murder in Ohio, so she called 911.

"With seconds of that happening, the call comes through communications and the dispatcher said the subject is on A1A, in that car, and they're headed for the pier, is what I understand.,” said Dembinsky.

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Dembinsky said another coincidence is that his officers just happened to be doing a DUI roadblock on A1A that the murder suspects happened to get caught up in.

"The beach patrol officer directing traffic helping us said the car just went down Ocean's West Boulevard, so we knew they were going to be trapped down there,” said Dembinsky.

Dashboard camera video from a Daytona Beach Shores patrol car shows an officer following the SUV into the Walgreens parking lot on A1A and the SUV parking in front of the store.

Dembinsky said Kelley got out first and began to get on the ground when he looked over at Kelley and realized the two of them outnumbered the officer, so both took off running.

A bystander missed when he tried to grab Kelley but was able to block Dowdel just long enough for officers and beach patrol to catch up and arrest Dowdel. Kelley was also picked up nearby.

"They're fortunate they didn't show any guns because they wouldn't have lasted very long,” said Dembinsky. "We just took two murderers off the street. There isn't a police officer in this country who wouldn't be proud of what my officers did the other night."

"It's a small town, we have a great police department, and quite frankly if you're wanted for something we're gonna catch you!" said Dembinsky.

Central Florida law enforcement had been looking for Kelley and Dowdel since last Tuesday. As of Monday afternoon, they were still in the Volusia County Jail.

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